Blog Note

For all the songs, the crappy blog frmat moved all the chord changes as far to left as possible, eliminating all correlation with the lyrics. Very Frustrating . . . .

If I Can't Have Your Lovin'

Bluesy & Fast-paced Strut
Standard Tuning
Key of E
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E7
Don’t Hurt Me
A7
Don’t Desert Me
E7 A7 E7
Please don’t leave me alone outside
B7
All I want is your lovin’
E7 A7 E7
Don’t you try to hide
A7 E7
Inside
A7 E7
Inside
A7 E7
Inside
B7 . . . Hold into next verse
I’m comin’ in


I won’t leave you
Girl I breath you
And I ask you to come home
All I need is your lovin’
I got it in my soul
O no
O no
O no
I got it now


Yea you found me
You unwound me
Babe you turned me into a man
I love your lovin’
It’s all that I demand
Your hand
Your hand
Your hand
Come give it to me


So what you say girl
Yea which way girl
Is it true that you tell me no
If I can’t have your lovin’
Then tell me who’s it for
A7 E7
Not me no more
A7 E7
Not me no more
A7 E7
Not me
A7 E7
Not me no more
A7 E7
No more
A7 E7
No more
A7 E7 Fade out/End
No more

Sweet Dirty Lovin'

Slow Blues (8 Bar)
Key of G
4/4 Time
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G7
There’s a storm a brewin’

It’ll rattle your walls
C
And I won’t be there
C7
To hear your calls
G
Why don’t you bring your
D
Sweet Dirty Lovin’
G7 C G D7
On back to me

You know I love ya
Just like a man
But when we finish
I wanna do it all over again
Why don’t you bring you
Sweet Dirty Lovin’
On back to me

Well I got a woman
Way cross town
And if she hears ‘bout you
I know she’d put me down
Why don’t you bring your
Sweet Dirty Lovin’
On back to me

Now it ain’t easy
Bein’ true
But when you look like that
What am I supposed to do
Why don’t you bring your
Sweet Dirty Lovin’
On back to me

We keep this quiet
Just like a mouse
And then you bring yourself
Right back down to my house
Why don’t you bring your
Sweet Dirty Lovin’On back to me

Day & Nights

Moderate Tempo
Key of A
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A6 E (in beginning and between each verse and chorus)

Verse
A6 E
You welcomed me here
A6 E
With a smile and a chance to change
A6 E
Two days before my date of birth
D A6
We did speak

And there were days you pushed me down
Climbing trees and crossing streams
And we shared our first bottle of wine
And we cried

Chorus
D
If I left tomorrow
A
Would you leave today
D
Our days are all still at hand
C G
We are free
A6 E
Cause I gotta go
A6 E
And I gotta go
A6 E
Yes I gotta go
D A6
Right Now

Now we did meet in circumstance
Unknown to us for common sense
We did nothing but talk and laugh
Covered Inside

And in your eyes I tried my mind
Spent my time wrapped in your game
Waiting for the days to go
To be alone

You get more than all the rest
For you did hurt me to my bone
And if I did declare my dream
Well who knows

In the days we see ourselves
Is it hard to be yourself
Won’t you please come go along
Go with me
Cause I gotta go
And I gotta go
Yes I gotta go
Right Now

One night doing shots of rum
Tender traced in the other one
And leave through your lengthy step
I ask why

And you used to sing to me
And all we claimed was purity
Doing things in your special way
I still want you

You were such a sweet transition
So sweet and easy on my eyes
But in your pain you did not sleep
Waiting for me

If I was to come see you
As the man I am not the man I wanna be
Could you just hold me in your eyes
And keep from changing
Cause I gotta go
And I gotta go
Yes I gotta go
Right Now

Now I spent hours in my door
And waited to do nothing more
Shook me with your defiant roar
And I screamed no

As for you you have escaped
Left from my broken sight
I can only see you in the sleep
Of my nights

A6 E
And my days
And my nights
And my days
And my nights
And you get the idea . . . (not a lyric)

Personal Statement

My interest in songwriting has been a long standing love of mine. Since I first picked up a guitar at 14, I’ve been captivated at the possibility of writing and playing my own material. In some form or another, I’ve been doing just that since my early days of high school, both by myself and in front of other people. To me, there are few things more fulfilling than singing a song I wrote myself, for a crowd of people.

In my junior year of high school, I began becoming comfortable enough to share the songs I was writing with other people with the goal of forming a band to play true Rock & Roll music, not the standard monotony that’s been heard on the radio and MTV since the early 1980’s. My goal was to get a group centered around my songwriting in which I could take the spotlight off myself, have someone else sing the songs, playing the stand-out instrumentation, with me hiding behind a bass guitar off in the corner. Throughout the rest of high school, I was basically successful at doing just this, but it was deeply unsatisfying.

Since the start of college, I have been creatively preoccupied with enhancing my own horizons in literature, media, and music. The result has been a great enhancement in my ability to compose songs of meaning. In art, it is said, “To evoke emotion is to produce great art.” While I can’t vouch for my own work generating great emotion, I can state that is my goal and I see evidence in myself to see that I am making progress. I’ve begun singing and playing my own material, both solo and accompanied by others. I personally feel that this an important and pivotal step in my own songwriting evolution. Experiencing response to my own material as fist hand as possible allows me to see what works and where changes and improvements are needed. I have been a very studious learner in these recent performing experiences and have seen the potential for true growth in all I am trying to do.

My universal goal is to find ways to put soul back into the music the everyday person listens too. I want put the “roll” back in Rock. I want to wipe the music culture of today’s celebrity first status. I compose many different kinds of songs, many of which that come off sounding many different ways that can seem different from edgy to soulful, heartfelt to nasty. I want music to get back to a place where it is at forefront of cultural experimentation and I want to take it there if I have to pull on my own back. I know I am not where I need to be. But with some hard work and the right kind of path, I’m going to be a part of changing the face of modern music.

Introduction Letter

Dear_____________,

I am writing this letter to introduce myself and let you know of my interest in your company/business/opportunity/group/show. I am a songwriter who would love to be a part of what you guys are doing.

I currently trying to get a little more serious in the field. I know I’ve got what it takes to be successful for you guys in the short term, if not more so in the long term. Currently, I am on a job search around the business and I know it won’t be long before I find something that suits me. I’d prefer to come on and join you guys over anyone else as you seem to be about the same things I’m about

I’ve attached my resume and you can reach me at______ or all me at _______. I hope to you and am looking forward to the possibilities of what we can accomplish. Thank you for taking time out of your day.

Sincerely,


Matthew DeMicco

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Desired Career: Songwriter

Writing Required: Songwriting
Music Composition
Self-Marketing Material (Early on)
Anything that could make you seem different/interesting from the cluster of
Other Creative pieces to take your mind off the stress of your "work"